Skydiving salamanders live in world's tallest trees - EurekAlert

Researchers from the University of South Florida and UC Berkeley have documented in a vertical wind tunnel the amazing ability of one species of salamander — which spends its entire life in the tops of redwoods — to parachute, glide and maneuver in mid-air. G…

image: The wandering salamander, Aneides vagrans, is about 4 inches (10 centimeters) long and lives its entire life in the crowns of redwood trees more than 150 feet above the ground. Researchers dis… [+10151 chars]

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